Challenge

January 29 & 30	Arrange eight 8s so that they add up to 1000. (1)
January 31 & February 1	Draw the Food Pyramid. Make sure you include the names of the food groups and the amounts we should have from each group each day. (2)
February 2 & 5	What plural word can be made singular by adding a Y? (3)
February 6 & 7	Move three numbers to turn the pyramid upside down. (4) 1 23 456 78910
February 8 & 9	Some months have 30 days, some have 31. How many have 28? (5)
February 12 & 13	What fruit has its seeds on the outside? (6)
February 14 & 15	How many times does the letter "O" appear on the old standard phone dial (7)
February 16 & 26	You receive $100.00 as a gift and want to save it. You can put it in a regular savings account that earns 1% a year or in a 3 month certificate of deposit (CD) that earns 4% a year. How much money will you earn at the end of the year for each account? Remember to show your work. (8)
February 27 & 28	Ron is in charge of making dinner for his family tonight. He has the following ingredients in the refrigerator: pie crust, egs, milk, cheese, zucchini, red peppers, ham, onions, apples grapes, peaches, rye bread and rolls. Come up with a balanced meal for Ron, his Mom, Dad and 2 sisters to have for dinner tonight. (9)
March 1 & 2	How many times can 1 be subtracted from 100? (10)
March 5 & 6	Evan earns $135.50 per week at his part time job. When he received his first pay check he discovered that 29% was taken out for federal and state income taxes, social security and medicare. How much did Evan receive in his paycheck? Remember to show your work (11)
March 7 & 8	I am used to cut shortening into flour. What am I? (12)
March 9 & 12	A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at 4 inches an hour. How long will it take before the first 4 rungs of the ladder are under water? (13)
March 13 & 14	Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball. (14)
March 15 & 16	Steve has 3 piles of sand and Mike has 4 piles of sand. All together, how many do they have? (15)
March 19 & 20	An ad in the paper is offering a15% discount on a shirt you want to buy. The shirt costs $25.00. On the same day that you see this ad you receive a coupon in the mail from the same store for $5.00 off the purchase price of $25.00 or more. Which of these offers will save you more money? Remember to show your work. (16)
March 21 & 22	If the Vice President of the United States should die, who would be President? (17)
March 26 & 27	I am used when cooking pancakes, hamburgers and other foods like that. What am I? (18)
March 28 & 29	Find the English word that can be formed from all of these letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS (19)
March 30 & April 2	Only 3 words in the standard English language begin with the leeters "dw". They are all common words. Name 2 of them. (20)
April 3 & 4	. . . . . . . . . Connect the 9 dots above using 4 lines. You may not lift your pen off of the paper or back track over a line. (21)
April 5 & 16	When setting the table, on which side of the plate should you put the fork? (22)
April 17 & 18	On the standard traffic light, is the green on the top or the bottom? (23)
April 19 & 20	In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch (24)
April 23 & 24	In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal? (25)
April 25 & 26	Whose face is on a dime? (26)
April 27 & 30	How many curves are in a standard paper clip? (27)
May 1 & 2	John earns $7.25 per hour at his part time job. He works 18 hours each week. How much money does John earn each week? (What is his gross pay?) Remember to show your work. (28)
May 3 & 4	How many side does a stop sign have? (29)
May 7 & 8	She's your uncle's sister but she's not your aunt. Who can she be? (30)
May 9 & 10	Name the governor of New York State. (31)
May 11 & 14	What mode of transportation has 8 wheels but room for only 1 passenger? (32)
May 15 & 16	There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them? (33)
May 17 & 18	What do the stripes on the American flag represent? (34)
May 21 & 22	Where are the lakes that are referred to in the Los Angeles Lakers? (35)
May 23 & 24	Solve this problem 26 = L of the A (36)
May 25 & 29	I raise and lower the presser foot. What is my name ? (37)
May 30 & 31	What is 20% of $50.00? Remember to show your work. (38)
June 1 & 4	I am used to measure small amounts of liquid and dry ingredients. What am I? (39)
June 5 & 6	Solve this problem 4 = Q in a G. (40)